Glenn Fleishman on the AirPort Extreme with 802.11n

By at 8:49 pm Monday, Feb 19

Glenn Fleishman says: "I have what I think is the first extensive review of the new 802.11n Extreme up at macworld.com. I spent a LOT of time with it, and found that it pretty much meets the marketing hype."
200702200443Apple’s new AirPort Extreme Base Station (Best Current Price: $179.00) solves three major wireless networking problems in one blow: speed, range, and configuration. The gateway also makes sharing multiple printers and hard drives across a network as easy as plugging in a cable.

This new wireless router promises roughly five times the throughput and twice the range of the previous model. And because it’s based on a new wireless standard, 802.11n, which incorporates both the older b and g standards, it is backward compatible with Apple’s earlier AirPort (802.11b) and AirPort Extreme (802.11g) adapters. Best results, however, require leaving b and gstandards behind.

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